Hendersonville High School - Laureate Yearbook (Hendersonville, NC)

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THE MOUNTAINEER 31 charge to any of the grades of the High School for which they may be prepared. But a child whose parent or legal guardian, though temporarily in this county, is not a bona fide legal resident thereof, shall not be admitted to the high school except on payment of $2 per month, payable in advance. III. No child residing in a household in which has occurred any contagious disease, or who has been exposed to any such dis¬ ease in any other manner, shall be admitted into the public schools within two weeks after the recovery or removal of such person or persons or the incubation period of such disease shall have passed except upon the written certificate of the attending physician stat¬ ing that such precautions have been taken as to prevent all danger of infection. IV. Pupils who cannot read should not present themselves for admission to the schools after the second week of each session. Examination. I. No written examination shall be required of pupils below the fifth grade. II. Two written tests shall be given each session to all pupils above the Fourth Grade, and 70 per cent, shall be sufficient to pass those pupils who have not been absent as much as one month of the term. For those who have been absent one month or more of the term 80 per cent shall be required to pass. III. No pupil shall be promoted to the next higher grade if such pupil has fallen below 70 per cent, on one subject, unless his general average is 75 per cent. Those falling below 70 per cent on two or more subjects shall not be promoted at all. Pupils in the Eleventh Grade are required to pass all examinations before receiv¬ ing diplomas. IV. On the third day of the second school month, and month¬ ly thereafter, a report of the progress, attendance and deportment of each pupil who has been present as many as ten days will be sent to the parent or guardian to be signed and returned promptly to the teacher in whose grade the pupil receives instruction. V. Any pupil making a monthly average of 90 per cent, shall be exempt from examinations. VI. Any pupil making a yearly average of 90 per cent, shall be exempt from final examination. VII. Any pupil absent from examinations, unless providen¬ tially hindered, shall forfeit 50 per cent, on daily grade.

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30 THE MOUNTAINEER tention shall have been filed with the Superintendent for twenty days. IV. Teachers are required to be in their respective places fif¬ teen minutes before the beginning of the daily session. If tardy, they shall report the fact to the Superintendent with the reason therefor. x V. In case of absence, from sickness or other cause, timely notice thereof shall be sent to the Superintendent who shall provide a substitute from thelist elected by the School Board. For each day’s absence a teacher shall forfeit one-twentieth of his or her monthly salary. VI. Teachers shall attend all meetings called by the Superin¬ tendent and shall make such prepai ' ations for these meetings as he may direct. VII. Teachers shall make it a part of their regular duties to keep in touch with their patrons, and shall take immediate steps to ascertain the cause of all absences. VIII. Teachers shall not make any reply to written complaints addressed to them by parents or guardians relative to pupils, as all such communications should be referred to the Superintendent for his consideration. IX. No teacher shall be employed in the schools who has tuberculosis or any other contagious or infectious disease. Pupils — Admission. I. All boys and girls between the ages of six and twenty-one years, wRo, with their parents or legal guardians, reside in the town of Hendersonville and are entitled under the rules and regu¬ lations of the School Board to the benefits of the public schools, shall be admitted into the school and grade for which they are qualified by obtaining a certificate from the Superintendent. Child¬ ren whose parents or legal guardians live outside the city will be admitted to the grades below the High School at the following rates: $1.25 per month per pupil, with 25 per cent, discount for more than one in a family: parents or legal guardians paying school tax in this city to receive credit on this account to the amount of city school tax actually paid by them. Tuition must be paid in ad¬ vance, and, if not paid by the 15th day of each current month, the Superintendent shall suspend the children of the delinquent parent or guardian until such payment is made. II. The children of the entire county will be admitted without

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32 THE MOUNTAINEER Conduct. I. Excuses for absence and tardiness and requests for dis¬ missal before the school day shall have closed shall be made in per¬ son or in writing by the parent or guardian, and, to be valid, they should state the cause of absence or tardiness or the reason for an irregular dismissal. II. No person will be unduly detained after school hours with¬ out having received notice to that effect one day previous. III. Upon entering the building in the morning each pupil is expected to go directly to his or her room and remain there subject to the wishes of the teacher in charge. IV. Pupils are expected to walk quietly through the hallways; not to enter the rooms of other grades without the permission of the teacher in charge; not to throw balls, stones or missiles of any sort within or about the school building or the streets nearby; and to pay for all damage to school property within two weeks after such damage has been done. V. Pupils or patrons having cause for complaint shall seek redress from the Superintendent. VI. The use of tobacco in any form, and profane or obscene language is forbidden at or on the way to or from school. VII. Each pupil is expected to keep himself, his books, and his immediate portion of the school room in a tidy condition at all times. VIII. Any pupil guilty of serious offence shall be demerited at the discretion of a Faculty Committee consisting of the Superin¬ tendent, the Principal of the High School, and one other teqcher ap¬ pointed by them. IX. Any pupil receiving as many as twenty-five demerits dur¬ ing any one term may be expelled by the Faculty Committee. X. Any pupil leaving school grounds at any time before dis¬ missal without permission from the Superintendent shall be demer¬ ited at the discretion of the Faculty Committee. XI. Pupils disorderly in line of march shall be detained after school hours by the teacher in charge. XII. Promotions from the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth grades, and diplomas in the Eleventh grade, shall be conditioned in the case of each student on the following average yearly grades for deportment: Eighth grade, 75; Ninth grade, 80; Tenth grade, 85; Eleventh grade 90.